Want to get in on token earning fun? Made a role and no one's made an icon for it yet? Tired of himeyasha making every icon ever? Then this guide is for you!
-Your canvas should be 20x20 (pixels!)
-When you're first starting out, i suggest using the blue icon as a base (here's a link! http://i.imgur.com/AXrfO.png ) and just editing it heavily. If it looks like a blue after you've edited it, think of how you can make it look more like the intended role and less like a blue. Such as: would this role be holding something? What should I do with the hair? Would it make sense to give it a hat?
-A lot of the current icons don't have hands showing. Some don't even have mouths. Icons are really simplistic, while a few details are nice, unless you need them to tell what the role is and distinguish it from other roles, don't stress over adding ten thousand details!
-It looks nicer if you either add slightly/mostly transparent pixels of similar color to adjacent pixels, or have the borders of areas of color be slightly darker than the centers.
-Always work on a transparent background if possible. Use programs like Paint.net( Windows, requires .net framework, link http://www.getpaint.net/), Pixen (What i use, mac only, link: https://github.com/philippec/Pixen) , and Gimp ( both mac and windows, mac requires x11 or a variation. link: http://www.gimp.org/ ) instead of MS Paint (the default graphics editor that comes with Windows) , as MS Paint doesn't support transparency
-It helps to zoom in! It really does!
-Your main tools should be a size 1 pencil tool, a size 1 eraser, and and paint bucket set to 0 tolerance. For the most part, the other tools will mess everything up.
-Edit > undo (or Edit > step backwards) is really helpful if you use the other tools!
-Edit > redo (or Edit > step forwards) is helpful if you didn't mess up but undid it anyways!
Himeyasha's notes about colors
>-REMEMBER THAT MAFIA IS BLACK AND VILLAGE IS COLORED
>-If you get a role like Judge or Priest seek other colors. purple and red is what I chose.
>-Another thing to note is to avoid bright colors. Aim for slightly to very dull colors.
>-EM doesn't use pure black it uses #63625d
Now go out and make icons!
